Math Remediation for the College Bound

Daryao Khatri is president/CEO of TopTech, Inc. and professor of physics at the University of District of Columbia.Anne O. Hughes is a retired professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of District of Columbia.

• Chapter 1 1The GAP Program—Five Teaching Strategies for Basic Math and AlgebraChapter 2 2Finding Gaps and Honing Basic SkillsChapter 3 3Mental MathChapter 4 4Integers and Arithmetic OperationsChapter 5 5Data, Statistics, and GraphsChapter 6 6A Love-Hate RelationshipChapter 7 7The Two Great Devils—The Negative Sign and the Negative NumbersChapter 8 8Change for Currency Notes—Simple FractionsChapter 9 9Exponents—Powers of 10Chapter 10 10Powers of Variables and ConstantsChapter 11 11The World of Expressions and Elementary EquationsChapter 12 12The Algebra Savior—Cross ProductsChapter 13 13Ratio and ProportionChapter 14 14Just Shopping for the Best DealChapter 15 15How Big?—Perimeter, Area, and VolumeChapter 16 16Slopes and Intercepts on the Algebra TrailChapter 17 17Mixed NumeralsChapter 18 18Polynomials and Their Basic OperationsChapter 19 19FactoringChapter 20 20Rational, Complex Rational and Radical Expressions—Becoming an Algebra Guru

This book should be useful to at least four teaching audiences: 1. college professors teaching remedial math courses 2. high school teachers teaching intensive “catch-up” math courses, such as Algebra II, in a summer session 3. other math professionals teaching preparatory courses for college placement, such as for the scholastic aptitude test 4. math-trained professionals who are engaged in home-schooling efforts. A fifth audience is, of course, students who will be involved in these programs.